DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1657 Middleton, Thomas No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's

Reference Information

DEEP #: 1147
Greg #: 778a
STC/Wing #: M1985
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Comedy
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Octavo
Leaves: 60
Date of First Publication: 1657
Date of First Production: 1611
Company of First Production: Lady Elizabeth's Men
Company Attribution: n/a
 
Total Editions: 1 octavo

Title-Page Features

Title: NO { WIT | HELP } LIKE A WOMANS. A COMEDY,
Author: BY Tho. Middleton, Gent.
Performance:
Imprint: LONDON: Printed by Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1657.

Paratextual Material

Character List: "The Actors Names" [A2v]

Stationer Information

Printer: [unknown]
Publisher: Moseley, Humphrey
Imprint Location: A.2 (Paul's Churchyard - Great North Door)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Sep 9, 1653: Entered to Humphrey Moseley: "the severall Playes following. ... No Witt, no helpe like a Woman ... Mr. Tho: Midleton."
 
Additional Notes: In a few copies, there is found the engraved portrait belonging to Two New Plays (Wing M1989). Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture dates the first production to Summer 1611; Annals dates it to c.1611 [revised 1638 (by J. Shirley?)].